A lot of things on Ice reward players for persistence. Having a non 100% upgrade is one of those things. Sure it's frustrating, but that just makes it all the better when you actually get that upgrade done.
It's a reward. Making something farmable just rewards the high donators more (more gear = easier farming). Making it cost VP makes it accessible to anyone with an internet connection and an account on Ice. Don't like voting? Don't transmog then. That's about how it works. It also lets people know who the people are that actually take the 5 minutes per voting reset to support their server.
Same reason anything requires vote points. It's a reward for helping the server by voting. Some people don't go for the voter's gear so it's not that bad to get the tokens.
Name of characters you are reporting: Jhonn/Filthyscrub (going to assume same person) Date/Time of incident: 11/10/2013, 4:06 PST Reason for report: Advertising the sale of accounts in /o Proof:
Well either way, they hit you, you hit them. Anti-Camp shouldn't be allowed to build up, even if Lightning Shield registers before their hit registers on you, resetting the timers.
I thought this was fixed a while ago. I haven't seen it happen since I brought it up with Ryan. I remember it because Lobo was logging a naked shaman and using his totem to hit me which killed him due to my Lightning Shield on Satan. After the fix, no dice for him.